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The National Academies’ AFHS Disposition study Status – June 2005. David A. Butler, Ph.D. Senior Program Officer Institute of Medicine. Elements being addressed in the National Academies study.
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The National Academies’AFHS Disposition studyStatus–June 2005 David A. Butler, Ph.D. Senior Program Officer Institute of Medicine
Elements being addressed in the National Academies study (1) The scientific merit of retaining and maintaining the medical records, other study data, and laboratory specimens collected in the course of the Air Force Health Study after the currently-scheduled termination date of the study in 2006.
Elements being addressed in the National Academies study (2) Whether or not any obstacles exist to retaining and maintaining the medical records, other study data, and laboratory specimens referred to in paragraph (1), including privacy concerns.
Elements being addressed in the National Academies study (3) The advisability of providing independent oversight of the medical records, other study data, and laboratory specimens referred to in paragraph (1), and of any further study of such records, data, and specimens, and, if so, the mechanism for providing such oversight.
Elements being addressed in the National Academies study (4) The advisability of extending the Air Force Health Study, including the potential value and relevance of extending the study, the potential cost of extending the study, and the Federal or non-Federal entity best suited to continue the study if extended.
Elements being addressed in the National Academies study (5) The advisability of making the laboratory specimens of the Air Force Health Study available for independent research, including the potential value and relevance of such research, and the potential cost of such research.
Committee on the Disposition of the Air Force Health Study David J. Tollerud, MD, MPH (Chair)University of Louisville Dan G. Blazer, MD, PhDSusan E. Hankinson, ScDDuke University Harvard University Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD David A Kalman, PhDVanderbilt University University of Washington Manning Feinleib, MD, DrPHDeJuran Richardson, PhDThe Johns Hopkins University Lake Forest College Mark S. Goldberg, PhD Regina M. Santella, PhDMcGill University (Canada) Columbia University Consultant to the committee Victor PontesChanning Laboratory (Harvard University)
AFHS Disposition studystatus 1st committee meeting — 4,5 February (DC) charge from the sponsor (Department of Veterans Affairs) briefing from AFHS PI Dr. Joel Michalek 2nd committee meeting and workshop — 14,15 April (DC) Subcommittee site visit to AFHS research facilities — 27 May (San Antonio, TX)
AFHS Disposition study April 2005 workshop speakers Mark A. Brown, PhDMichael Stoto, PhD US Department of Veterans Affairs Ranch Hand Advisory Committee Albert Kingman, PhDTeri Manolio, MD, PhD NIDCR, NIH NHLBI, NIH Richard M. Suzman, PhDMarie Haring Sweeney, PhD NIA, NIH US Embassy, Hanoi, Vietnam Mary Ellen McCarthy Shannon Middleton House Veterans Affairs Committee The American Legion Rick WeidmanVietnam Veterans of America
AFHS Disposition studyfuture plans 3rd committee meeting and mini-workshop —20,21 June (DC) mini-workshop will address data access and privacy issues speakers TBA Report writing — summer 2005 Report release — late fall 2005
Learning more about National Academies studies Information on on-going studies (via the Current Projects web site): http://www.national-academies.org[search keyword AFHS] Full text of National Academies reports:http://www.nap.edu